Restaurants

Spud Sunday: The House Of Boxty

In which I pay a long overdue visit to Gallagher’s Boxty House in Temple Bar and learn more about boiled boxty, baked boxty and boxty pancakes


Veni Vidi Viticulture

Lunch with Cloudy Bay viticulturalist Sioban Harnett at Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud – an entertaining and informative affair


Michelin Stars In My Eyes

‘Tis far from dining at Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud and supping on Ruinart champagne I was reared – that’s not to say that I don’t enjoy both, given half the chance


We Have Ways Of Making You Eat

Francesco Mazzei designs some new pizza, pasta and salad items for Milano’s and I get to have a taste. In the end, though, the current cold weather inclines me more towards my own minestrone soup.


Spud Sunday: Taking Up Smokies

I banish the memory of childhood smoked haddock with a brunch-worthy smoked haddock and potato hash, inspired by the legendary smokies from Eden restaurant


Spud Sunday: Stinky Spud

So I off I went to London for Food Blogger Connect – ’twas an afternoon filled with food bloggers, fun, Lebanese food and garlic. It also provided the inspiration for a very tasty Lebanese potato pie…


Lush, Us?

Ah, I’m not a lush, really, but I did rather enjoy dinner and wine-sampling using the Enomatic sampling system at the newly relaunched La Cuvee restaurant…


Spud Sunday: Spud Goes South

A weekend in Kinsale, courtesy of Kinsale Arts Week, who asked me to participate in a panel discussion about blogging. It was the perfect opportunity to sample the wares at Fishy Fishy as well as the other delights of the gourmet town…